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39 votes

Left a PhD for a second one from which I got fired. What to write in the CV?

answered Sep 20, 2023 at 11:40

34 votes

The more I improve the quality of my course, the worse the student evaluation becomes. Should I provide low quality lectures?

answered Jan 30, 2022 at 14:34

23 votes

Assessing a potential supervisor who had a fallout with a previous PhD student

answered Apr 18, 2020 at 14:11

21 votes

How to be a good reviewer when suspecting dubious results or being sent contributions outside my field of expertise?

answered Jun 8, 2017 at 11:14

18 votes

One reviewer in the committee rejected my Ph.D. defense but he didn't attend

answered Feb 23, 2020 at 14:50

15 votes

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Can you do a PhD solely on repeating experiments of others?

answered Jul 31, 2016 at 16:43

14 votes

Is it ethical to tell my teaching assistant that I like him?

answered Jul 22, 2019 at 6:49

12 votes

Does an advisor owe his/her student anything? Will an advisor keep a PhD student only out of pity?

answered Mar 22, 2019 at 14:16

9 votes

How can we persuade university in England to minimize the number of staff involved, for daughter's request to extend maximum study period?

answered Apr 16, 2022 at 13:50

9 votes

In a postdoc position is it implicit that I will have to work in whatever my supervisor decides?

answered Apr 3, 2023 at 17:41

9 votes

PhD and postdoc with no first author publications- realistically what are my career prospects?

answered May 26, 2017 at 15:35

8 votes

Why is having multiple PhDs frowned upon?

answered May 21, 2018 at 14:23

7 votes

Is it unfair for paper circumstances to play a role in the review of the paper?

answered Jul 28, 2018 at 17:11

7 votes

My previous supervisor keeps asking me to review her papers. How to deal with this?

answered Jan 28, 2018 at 21:51

5 votes

What are the social norms associated with stealing free coffee?

answered Jul 30, 2016 at 0:17

5 votes

Can a professor force me to submit my incomplete paper to a journal?

answered May 1, 2016 at 21:23

5 votes

Is above average number of years spent on PhD considered a red flag in future academia or industry positions?

answered Apr 14, 2019 at 12:12

5 votes

As a PhD student, I want to limit myself to 40 hrs/week. How to maintain this boundary?

answered Jul 12, 2020 at 12:49

4 votes

My teaching evaluations arrived and female students statistically gave me worse scores than male students. Is there any possible explanation?

answered Jan 1, 2020 at 13:04

4 votes

A social experiment. What is the worst that can happen?

answered Mar 23, 2019 at 13:04

4 votes

Is it appropriate to assign two PhD students to do the same research topic?

answered Dec 18, 2023 at 21:35

4 votes

Why do departments fund PhD students instead of postdocs?

answered Jan 4, 2018 at 23:15

4 votes

Should I resign if my research advisor verbally abuses me?

answered Jun 6, 2017 at 17:46

4 votes

Etiquette concerning Lab Findings / Results

answered Sep 21, 2023 at 10:57

3 votes

Should I continue reviewing a paper after having discovered plagiarised content in it?

answered Jul 3, 2017 at 10:47

3 votes

What data analysis software should a supervisor recommend to their research students?

answered May 10, 2016 at 11:10

3 votes

What's behind the teen prodigies inventing things?

answered Jul 31, 2016 at 18:12

3 votes

How to deal with a very weak student?

answered Oct 3, 2016 at 9:51

3 votes

Is it reasonable to leave a PhD if your supervisor leaves the university?

answered Jan 16, 2017 at 15:24

3 votes

How to deal with a lazy postdoc colaborator as a PhD student?

answered Jun 5, 2017 at 15:54

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Left a PhD for a second one from which I got fired. What to write in the CV?

The more I improve the quality of my course, the worse the student evaluation becomes. Should I provide low quality lectures?

Assessing a potential supervisor who had a fallout with a previous PhD student

How to be a good reviewer when suspecting dubious results or being sent contributions outside my field of expertise?

One reviewer in the committee rejected my Ph.D. defense but he didn't attend

Can you do a PhD solely on repeating experiments of others?

Is it ethical to tell my teaching assistant that I like him?

Does an advisor owe his/her student anything? Will an advisor keep a PhD student only out of pity?

How can we persuade university in England to minimize the number of staff involved, for daughter's request to extend maximum study period?

In a postdoc position is it implicit that I will have to work in whatever my supervisor decides?

PhD and postdoc with no first author publications- realistically what are my career prospects?

Why is having multiple PhDs frowned upon?

Is it unfair for paper circumstances to play a role in the review of the paper?

My previous supervisor keeps asking me to review her papers. How to deal with this?

What are the social norms associated with stealing free coffee?

Can a professor force me to submit my incomplete paper to a journal?

Is above average number of years spent on PhD considered a red flag in future academia or industry positions?

As a PhD student, I want to limit myself to 40 hrs/week. How to maintain this boundary?

My teaching evaluations arrived and female students statistically gave me worse scores than male students. Is there any possible explanation?

A social experiment. What is the worst that can happen?

Is it appropriate to assign two PhD students to do the same research topic?

Why do departments fund PhD students instead of postdocs?

Should I resign if my research advisor verbally abuses me?

Etiquette concerning Lab Findings / Results

Should I continue reviewing a paper after having discovered plagiarised content in it?

What data analysis software should a supervisor recommend to their research students?

What's behind the teen prodigies inventing things?

How to deal with a very weak student?

Is it reasonable to leave a PhD if your supervisor leaves the university?

How to deal with a lazy postdoc colaborator as a PhD student?